Americans know their BBQ. For the rest of us, who don’t live in the BBQ center of the world, nor have a BBQ to put the meat on, nor the weather to cook in, this is second best. I love the tomato based BBQ sauces of the north of
Churros is the goto festival food of Spanish speaking countries, especially Mexico and Spain. Who knows when and how it first came to existence? Some say it was invented by Spanish shepherds. Others say it churros were discovered by Portuguese sailors in Northern China. Anyway, a churro is basically a
There are a couple of myths surrounding this dish. First of all, Christopher Columbus wasn’t this brilliant mind who knew earth was round while everyone else in the world thought it was flat. People knew the earth was round at the time, it wasn’t really disputed. No, the
Swedes eat something called Västerbottenostpaj. It’s a cheese pie made with a Swedish cheese called Västerbottenost. It’s kind of a quiche, for a lack of a better word. The pie is often found on Swedish smorgasbords, and eaten with cured salmon or crawfish and what not. Speaking of
Kaiserschmarrn is a classic Austrian dessert that's basically a fancy, shredded pancake, named after Emperor Franz Joseph I. The story goes that his cook was making him a pancake, but accidentally fucked it up. So he fried the pieces and told the emperor "So… This is a special pancake, it's